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I recently finished Viktor Hugo's original novel and BOY is it depressing. I knew it was going to be, but I didn't know it was going to be SO FREAKING UNFORTUNATE. So many misunderstandings and so many irritating characters. I hated both Esmerelda and Pheobus with a passion by the end of the book. Frollo creeped me out but I felt worse for him when he died then I did for Esmerelda...who has to be the dumbest chick in ANY novel. The only character I liked the whole way through was Quasimodo...(although, this hardly surprised me) and almost EVERYTHING in the book having to do with him was so unbearably sad. Also, I have to admit he inspires some fairly awkward feelings in the reader. He manages to be both extremely sweet and extremely threatening at the same time. I thoroughly hated Frollo's younger brother by the end of the book, but the way Quasimodo killed him still made me cringe a little.Sigh, still it was a great book. I was actually fairly surprised at how much I enjoyed it. Despite his love for long winded descriptions Viktor Hugo really knows how to engage the reader and he also had something of a sense of humor, which is always good.
Anyways because of all this I'm a little taken with this character. So...yay Disney fanart Oo
Quasimodo belongs to Disney and Viktor Hugo.
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Comments: 83
iamfergie In reply to ??? [2010-05-16 04:21:08 +0000 UTC]
VERY stupid. In most instances I prefer the book to the movie, but in this one case... All the characters are waaay more likeable in the Disney version.
I do wish Gringoire had been in it, though.
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lolzmelmel In reply to iamfergie [2011-11-28 19:45:39 +0000 UTC]
Gringoire XD I love him.
Esmeralda: What is your name?
Gringoire: Pierre Gringoire.
Esmeralda: I know a finer one.
Gringoire: You are naughty!
My favorite part so far in the novel. XD
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13TheWicked13 In reply to iamfergie [2010-05-17 14:29:35 +0000 UTC]
Yeah they were. Me too. He was funny
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ShadowDancer1221 [2009-12-29 03:57:06 +0000 UTC]
What about Gringoire? He's pretty awesome. ^_~ But yeah, I HATE Pheobus and I like a FEW things about Esmeralda... even though I do agree, she is pretty dumb and shallow. I really love the sad depiction of Quasimodo, by the way. She chose the crystal vase! I love Quasi and Frollo the most... but Victor Hugo is better than all of his characters! <3
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13TheWicked13 In reply to ShadowDancer1221 [2010-01-06 00:45:54 +0000 UTC]
Yeaaahhh Gringoire was pretty funny...mostly because he was SO unfortunate. Thanks for the comment ^^ Yup Victor Hugo is pretty cool.
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MegBeth [2009-06-24 11:19:12 +0000 UTC]
that's a VERY beautiful picture... has that "grimace" of his from the novel. lol
i recently read it too. Call me corny, but actually teared up by the end. I am now referring to Phoebus as Phoeb-Ass, and... well some of the lines are still in my head...
*paraphrasing* (after throwing a wine bottle at quasimodo's chest ) "It was the frightful sight of you that mad my wife give birth to a child with two heads!!" --I remember reading that thinking, "wtf?! Where is the science in THAT?!" lol
great pic anyway
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MegBeth In reply to lolzmelmel [2011-11-28 20:20:23 +0000 UTC]
Well, yeah, it's just... how does looking at someone cause a birth defect? lol
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lolzmelmel In reply to MegBeth [2011-11-28 20:22:04 +0000 UTC]
Maybe if Chuck Norris glared at you!
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13TheWicked13 In reply to MegBeth [2009-06-24 15:54:00 +0000 UTC]
Thanks
I teared up two or three times towards the end and Phoebass is a good name for him.
Lol, I forgot about that line, half of Hugo's writing seems to be both humorous and sad. While reading I was switching back and forth between the two constantly.
I still have a number of lines in my head too.
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MegBeth In reply to 13TheWicked13 [2009-06-25 02:54:35 +0000 UTC]
he is a good writer... though a lot of the words i had look up in the dictionary! lol
lotta scenery descriptions... PAGES in length sometimes... lol
i hope to do what you've done; by taking the basic design of Disney and incorporating it to the original story, it looks beautiful...
i'm actually semi-sort working on the pillory one (with that line i stated earlier) that part made me tear a bit...
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13TheWicked13 In reply to MegBeth [2009-06-25 03:38:42 +0000 UTC]
I was planning on doing a pillory drawing too, but without the Disney look. The Pillory made me sad, but mostl I teared up towards the end when he was talking to Esmerelda. SOme of the stuff he said was so sweet and sad.
I know what you mean about the description. I counted one. The Birds Eye View of Paris chapter was 22 pages of nothing but description.
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MegBeth In reply to 13TheWicked13 [2009-06-25 11:41:46 +0000 UTC]
LOL i know...
i'm looking forward to seeing your pillory drawing ...
either that or i'm bracing myself for tears... lol
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13TheWicked13 In reply to MegBeth [2009-06-25 14:54:47 +0000 UTC]
I look forward to seeing yours. ^^
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Emma888 [2009-06-16 23:05:47 +0000 UTC]
I like this, it's very sweet and kinda sad. It doesn't looks like a screenshot too much, it has a painting-like look I also like the expression you gave him, it makes him looks more like the book Quasimodo.
I liked him in the book, too The fact that he was both sweet and threatening actually made him more awesome in my eyes.
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13TheWicked13 In reply to Emma888 [2009-06-16 23:19:28 +0000 UTC]
Thanks I liked him in the book too. He was a good character.
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Emma888 In reply to 13TheWicked13 [2009-06-16 23:37:10 +0000 UTC]
Shit, sorry about all those spelling mistakes I just made...Shoulda checked it first...
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13TheWicked13 In reply to Emma888 [2009-06-16 23:54:40 +0000 UTC]
Lol, it's all right. I didn't notice.
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fear-is-spreading [2009-06-14 02:57:29 +0000 UTC]
holy wow. NICE!
Not to start any discussion or argument with anyone or anything... But I tried reading twilight recently... and subsequently deleted the file from my blackberry after getting only 60% of the way through...
Are you sure Esmerelda is the dumbest female character? lol
Although, Hugo had a reason to make her dumb...
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13TheWicked13 In reply to fear-is-spreading [2009-06-14 03:46:30 +0000 UTC]
I wouldn't know. I've never read Twilight. I heard the writing was bad, and after hearing about the plot I thought it sounded like something out of a fourteen year old girl's fantasy.
I dont know if she's the dumbest character but she REALLY pissed me off. Her obsession with Phoebus in the book makes me think of someone beating their head against a brick wall repeatedly. She was REALLY stupid. I think I hated her even more then Pheobus and he was a total asshole.
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ccRask [2009-05-24 02:52:24 +0000 UTC]
At first I thought this was just a screenshot from the movie, no lie.
Sounds like an interesting read, I should probably pick it up sometime and see what it's like. I hardly even remember the Disney movie.
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13TheWicked13 In reply to ccRask [2009-05-24 03:12:27 +0000 UTC]
Yea, I was kinda worried people would assume that oo I might re work it so it doesn't resemble the Disney coloring job quite as much...maybe add a few tones or something.
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Tcmt [2009-05-23 05:29:39 +0000 UTC]
What good is growing up if we can't bring all the awesome childish stuff with us? Awesome picture. Very accurate to the Disney version. I'm impressed
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